The refuse or dregs left over after brewing beer or pressing apples for cider; worthless waste material.
From Middle English and Old Norse 'draf,' related to dregs and waste products. The word has Germanic roots and may be connected to 'draft' in the sense of something separated or drawn off.
Medieval brewers and cider makers used 'draff' as pig feed or fertilizer, showing how even 'waste' had value in pre-industrial communities where nothing could truly be thrown away.
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